Flood Warning
NWS La Crosse WI ยท US
Details
Flood Warning In Effect From This Morning To Sunday Afternoon
- Event
- Flood Warning
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Severe
- Certainty
- Likely
- Response
- Avoid
Description
Overview
...The National Weather Service in La Crosse has issued a Flood Warning for the following rivers in Iowa... Turkey River at Elkader affecting Clayton County.
What
Minor flooding is forecast.
Where
Turkey River at Elkader.
When
From this morning to Sunday afternoon.
Impacts
At 12.0 feet, Minor flooding occurs in areas near the river.
Additional details
- At 5:45 AM CDT Saturday the stage was 8.3 feet. - Bankfull stage is 12.0 feet. - Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage late this morning to a crest of 13.6 feet this evening. It will then fall below flood stage late tonight. - Flood stage is 12.0 feet. - Flood History...This crest compares to a previous crest of 13.8 feet on 02/27/2023. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
Instructions
Motorists should not attempt to drive around barricades or drive cars through flooded areas. Caution is urged when walking near riverbanks. Additional river and weather information is available at www.weather.gov/lacrosse. The next statement will be issued this evening by 945 PM CDT.
Affected areas
- Clayton County, IA
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS La Crosse WI
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~29s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2WQ4HSW4ZMC8AP7S2J0XQFD
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.45c943a57f36814c9e9e9a82f504c571275e0442.001.1
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Scope
- Public
- CAP source
- 211803 v2.3.0
- Handling codes
- IPAWSv1.0
- Issuing office
- NWS La Crosse WI
- AWIPS ID
- CAPARX
- NWWS sequence
- nwws_processor.9361
- WMO heading
- XOUS53
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- United States (US)
- WMO bulletin number
- 53
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | FLW |
| NationalWeatherService | FLW |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | FLWARX |
| WMOidentifier | WGUS43 KARX 191134 |
| NWSheadline | FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS MORNING TO SUNDAY AFTERNOON |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.NEW.KARX.FL.W.0050.260919T1539Z-260920T2200Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-20T17:00:00-05:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Clayton County, IA
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 019043 |
| UGC | IAC043 |
- Polygons
- 42.94,-91.46 42.84,-91.34 42.8,-91.36 42.93,-91.61 42.98,-91.61 42.94,-91.46